RIMALOWER, Ben

PERSONAL

Born May 12 in Sherman Oaks, CA. Education: Studied dramatic art at University of California, Berkeley.

Career: Director, producer, and writer. BareStage, University of California, Berkeley, founding director, c.1996.

CREDITS

Stage Work:

Director, Eleemosynary, Los Angeles, 1994.

Director and producer, Chess, Berkeley, CA, 1996.

Director and producer, Ruthless!, Berkeley, 1996.

Director and producer, Falsettos, Berkeley, 1996.

Director and producer, Into the Woods, Berkeley, 1997.

Director, Death, Berkeley, 1997.

Director and producer, Cabaret, Berkeley, 1998.

Director and producer, Jeffrey, San Francisco, CA, 1998.

Assistant director, Night Governess, 1998.

Assistant director, Portia Couglin, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1998.

Assistant to the director, Sweeney Todd, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 2000.

Assistant director, The Girl Most Likely To ... , 2000.

Assistant director, Shimmer, 2001.

Assistant director, Sing, Brat, Sing, 2001.

Assistant director, Sweeney Todd, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco, and Ravinia Festival, IL, 2001.

Assistant director, A Class Act, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 2001.

Assistant director, A Class Act, Akasaka ACT Theatre, Tokyo, and Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA, 2002.

Director, Infinity Breathes (staged reading) 2002..

Assistant director, A Little Night Music, Ravinia Festival, 2002.

Director, The Joy of Gay Sex, 2003.

Director, The Alleged Adventures of Blenderman, 2003.

Director, A Fairy's Tale, 2003.

Director and producer, SHINE Awards, House of Blues, Hollywood, CA, 2003.

Director, Snoopy!!, Peter Norton Symphony Space, New York City, 2004.

Director and producer, The Unity Concert, Cover the Uninsured Week, 2004.

Director, wHoremone (staged reading), Ensemble Theatre Studio, 2004.

Television Work; Series:

Assistant to the executive producer, Spin City, ABC, 1999–2000.

Television Work; Specials:

Assistant to the director, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert, PBS, 2001.

WRITINGS

Stage Writing:

SHINE Awards, House of Blues, Hollywood, CA, 2003.